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(Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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b. 140-141

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

No markings in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

[  ] suggested by the editors
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Chopin stopped writing pedal marks probably due to distraction – in analogous bars 124-125 both bars include a full set of    marks, while the  mark in bar 140 is the last sign on this page of the manuscript (which ends on bar 142). Taking into account the above, in the main text we suggest supplementing the marks. The  mark in bar 140 was added already by GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 140

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

Slur to 7th quaver in A (→GE→EE,IE)

Slur to 8th quaver in FE
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The longer FE slur is most probably due to the engraver's inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 141-142

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

in A

 in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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In the main text we provide a  hairpin whose range we adopted from A. In the editions the mark was arbitrarily extended, spanning almost the entire sequence of thirds. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 142

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

No mark in A, EE & IE

Wedge in GE (→FE)
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The wedge added by GE (→FE) was arbitrarily inserted by the engraver or the reviser, probably after comparing it with the following bars – in GE the discussed bar opens a page, while the bass octaves in the next three bars are provided with authentic wedges. The review of markings in all similar places – bars 123-130 and 139-146 – allows us to observe that Chopin provided with wedges some of the bass crotchets, but he never used a wedge to mark a quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors in IE

b. 142

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

Slur to 7th quaver in A

Slur to 8th quaver in GE (→FE,EE,IE)
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The range of the slur is vague both in A and GE – in both cases one could consider these slurs to be a quaver shorter than the ones we adopted to our transcriptions. Our interpretation of GE is confirmed by the version of the remaining editions, none of which considered this slur to be reaching the 7th quaver.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A